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http://www.loni.usc.edu/Software/LOVE

A versatile 1D, 2D and 3D data viewer geared for cross-platform visualization of stereotactic brain data. It is a 3-D viewer that allows volumetric data display and manipulation of axial, sagittal and coronal views. It reads Analyze, Raw-binary and NetCDF volumetric data, as well as, Multi-Contour Files (MCF), LWO/LWS surfaces, atlas hierarchical brain-region labelings ( Brain Trees). It is a portable Java-based software, which only requires a Java interpreter and a 64 MB of RAM memory to run on any computer architecture. LONI_Viz allows the user to interactively overlay and browse through several data volumes, zoom in and out in the axial, sagittal and coronal views, and reports the intensities and the stereo-tactic voxel and world coordinates of the data. Expert users can use LONI_Viz to delineate structures of interest, e.g., sulcal curves, on the 3 cardinal projections of the data. These curves then may be use to reconstruct surfaces representing the topological boundaries of cortical and sub-cortical regions of interest. The 3D features of the package include a SurfaceViewer and a full real-time VolumeRenderer. These allow the user to view the relative positions of different anatomical or functional regions which are not co-planar in any of the axial, sagittal or coronal 2D projection planes. The interactive part of LONI_Viz features a region drawing module used for manual delineation of regions of interest. A series of 2D contours describing the boundary of a region in projection planes (axial, sagittal or coronal) could be used to reconstruct the surface-representation of the 3D outer shell of the region. The latter could then be resliced in directions complementary to the drawing-direction and these complementary contours could be loaded in all tree cardinal views. In addition the surface object could be displayed using the SurfaceViewer. A pre-loading data crop and sub-sampling module allows the user to load and view practically data of any size. This is especially important when viewing cryotome, histological or stained data-sets which may reach 1GB (109 bytes) in size. The user could overlay several pre-registered volumes, change intensity colors and ranges and the inter-volume opacities to visually inspect similarities and differences between the different subjects/modalities. Several image-processing aids provide histogram plotting, image-smoothing, etc. Specific Features: * Region description DataBase * Moleculo-genetic database * Brain anatomical data viewer * BrainMapper tool * Surface (LightWave objects/scenes) and Volume rendering tools * Interactive Contour Drawing tool Implementation Issues: * Applet vs. Application - the software is available as both an applet and a standalone application. The former could be used to browse data from within the LONI database, however, it imposes restrictions on file-size, Internet connection and network-bandwidth and client/server file access. The later requires a local install and configuration of the LONI_Viz software * Extendable object-oriented code (Java), computer architecture independent * Complete online software documentation is available at http://www.loni.ucla.edu/LONI_Viz and a Java-Class documentation is available at http://www.loni.ucla.edu/~dinov/LONI_Vis.dir/doc/LONI_Viz_Java_Docs.html

Proper citation: LONI Visualization Tool (RRID:SCR_000765) Copy   

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http://www.loni.usc.edu/Software/Pipeline

A free workflow application primarily aimed at neuroimaging researchers that allows users to easily describe their executables in a graphical user interface (ie. create a module) and connect them together to create complex analyses all without having to code a single line in a scripting language. The Pipeline Client runs on your PC/Mac/Linux computer upon which you can create sophisticated processing workflows using a variety of commonly available executable tools (e.g. FSL, AIR, FreeSurfer, AFNI, Diffusion Toolkit, etc). The Distributed Pipeline Server can be installed on your Linux cluster and you can submit processing jobs directly to your own compute systems. Once you����??ve created a module for use in the LONI Pipeline, you can save it into your personal library and reuse it in other workflows you create by simply dragging and dropping it in. Because the LONI Pipeline is written in Java, you can work in whatever operating system suits you best. If there are tools that you need that can only work on another operating system, you can install a Pipeline server on that computer and connect from your client to do processing and analysis remotely.

Proper citation: LONI Pipeline Processing Environment (RRID:SCR_001161) Copy   

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http://mbl.org

Collection of high resolution images and databases of brains from many genetically characterized strains of mice with aim to systematically map and characterize genes that modulate architecture of mammalian CNS. Includes detailed information on genomes of many strains of mice. Consists of images from approximately 800 brains and numerical data from just over 8000 mice. You can search MBL by strain, age, sex, body or brain weight. Images of slide collection are available at series of resolutions. Apple's QuickTime Plugin is required to view available MBL Movies.

Proper citation: Mouse Brain Library (RRID:SCR_001112) Copy   

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http://clarityresourcecenter.org/

Protocols and other training materials related to the CLARITY protocol, a technique for the transformation of intact tissue into a nanoporous hydrogel-hybridized form (crosslinked to a three-dimensional network of hydrophilic polymers) that is fully assembled but optically transparent and macromolecule-permeable.

Proper citation: Clarity resources (RRID:SCR_001387) Copy   

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https://nda.nih.gov/

The National Institute of Mental Health Data Archive (NDA) makes available human subjects data collected from hundreds of research projects across many scientific domains. Research data repository for data sharing and collaboration among investigators. Used to accelerate scientific discovery through data sharing across all of mental health and other research communities, data harmonization and reporting of research results. Infrastructure created by National Database for Autism Research (NDAR), Research Domain Criteria Database (RDoCdb), National Database for Clinical Trials related to Mental Illness (NDCT), and NIH Pediatric MRI Repository (PedsMRI).

Proper citation: NIMH Data Archive (RRID:SCR_004434) Copy   

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http://trackvis.org/

TrackVis is software tool that can visualize and analyze fiber track data from diffusion MR imaging (DTI/DSI/HARDI/Q-Ball) tractography. It does NOT perform actual fiber tracking. Diffusion Toolkit is a set of tools that reconstruct diffusion imaging data and generate fiber track data for TrackVis to visualize. Because these two sets of tools were developed and maintained separately and each has distinguished funtionalities, they decided to distribute them as two separate programs for the ease of maintenance and upgrade. You do need both of them to perform complete diffusion data processing and analysis. Features of TrackVis include: * Cross-platform. Works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux with native look and feel. * A variety of track filters (track selecting methods) allowing users to explore and locate specific bundles with ease. * Multiple rendering modes with customizable scalar-driven color codes. * Real-time parameter adjustment and 3D render. * Open format of the track data file allowing users to integrate customized scalar data into the track file and visualize and analyze it. Save and restore scenes in XML style scene file. * Statistical scalar analysis of tracks and ROIs. * Synchronized real-time multiple dataset analysis and display allowing time-point and/or subject comparison. Synchronized analysis and display on same dataset can also be performed in real-time remotely over the network. * Upfront in-line parameter adjustment in real-time. No tedious pop-up dialogs. TrackVis works with Track File created by Diffusion Toolkit. Diffusion Toolkit processes raw DICOM, Nifti format and ANALYZE images. TrackVis and Diffusion Toolkit are cross-platform software. They can run on Windows XP, Mac OS X as well as Linux.

Proper citation: TrackVis (RRID:SCR_004817) Copy   

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http://www.schizophreniaforum.org/

The mission of the SRF is to help in the search for causes, treatments, and understanding of the devastating disease of schizophrenia. Our goal is to foster collaboration among researchers by providing an international online forum where ideas, research news, and data can be presented and discussed. The website is intended to bring together scientists working specifically on schizophrenia, scientists researching related diseases, and basic scientists whose work can shed light on these diseases. In this way, we hope that the Schizophrenia Research Forum will be a catalyst for creative thinking in the quest to understand a deeply complex disease. It is our goal to create and maintain up-to-date content of the highest quality. The website is free of charge to users, independent of industry sponsorship, and open to the public. Though geared toward researchers, we welcome other visitorspeople with mental illnesses, families, the media, and others who need accurate information on research into schizophrenia. We do, however, require that users who wish to post comments and other materials be registered members. All such materials are subject to approval by the editorial team. As a forum, we encourage participation and welcome feedback from the community.

Proper citation: Schizophrenia Research Forum (RRID:SCR_002899) Copy   

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http://trans.nih.gov/bmap/resources/resources.htm

As part of BMAP gene discovery efforts, mouse brain cDNA libraries and Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) have been generated. Through this project a BMAP mouse brain UniGene set consisting of over 24,000 non-redundant members of unique clusters has been developed from EST sequencing of more than 50,000 cDNA clones from 10 regions of adult mouse brain, spinal cord, and retina (http://brainEST.eng.uiowa.edu/). In 2001, NIMH along with NICHD, NIDDK, and NIDA, awarded a contract to the University of Iowa ( M.B. Soares, PI) to isolate full-length cDNA clones corresponding to genes expressed in the developing mouse nervous system and determine their full-coding sequences. The BMAP mouse brain EST sequences can be accessed at NCBI's dbEST database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/dbEST/). Arrayed sets of BMAP mouse brain UniGenes and cDNA libraries, and individual BMAP cDNA clones can be purchased from Open Biosystems, Huntsville, AL (http://www.openbiosystems.com

Proper citation: BMAP cDNA Resources (RRID:SCR_002973) Copy   

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http://rsb.info.nih.gov/nih-image/index.html

Public image processing and analysis program for Macintosh.

Proper citation: NIH Image (RRID:SCR_003073) Copy   

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https://neurobiobank.nih.gov/

National resource for investigators utilizing human post-mortem brain tissue and related biospecimens for their research to understand conditions of the nervous system. Federated network of brain and tissue repositories in the United States that collects, evaluates, stores, and makes available to researchers, brain and other tissues in a way that is consistent with the highest ethical and research standards. The NeuroBioBank ensures protection of the privacy and wishes of donors. Provides information to the public about the need for tissue donation and how to register as a donor.

Proper citation: NIH NeuroBioBank (RRID:SCR_003131) Copy   

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https://bioimagesuiteweb.github.io/webapp/index.html

Web applications for analysis of multimodal/multispecies neuroimaging data. Image analysis software package. Has facilities for DTI and fMRI processing. Capabilities for both neuro/cardiac and abdominal image analysis and visualization. Many packages are extensible, and provide functionality for image visualization and registration, surface editing, cardiac 4D multi-slice editing, diffusion tensor image processing, mouse segmentation and registration, and much more. Can be intergrated with other biomedical image processing software, such as FSL, AFNI, and SPM.

Proper citation: BioImage Suite (RRID:SCR_002986) Copy   

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http://datasharing.net

The U.S. National Institutes of Health Final NIH Statement on Sharing Research Data (NIH-OD-03-032) is now in effect. It specifies that all high-direct-cost NIH grant applications include plans for sharing of research data. To support and encourage collegial, enabling, and rewarding data sharing for neuroscience and beyond, the Laboratory of Neuroinformatics at Weill Medical College of Cornell University has established this site. A source of, and portal to, tools and proposals supporting the informed exchange of neuroscience data.

Proper citation: Datasharing.net (RRID:SCR_003312) Copy   

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http://www.pediatricmri.nih.gov/

Data sets of clinical / behavioral and image data are available for download by qualified researchers from a seven year, multi-site, longitudinal study using magnetic resonance technologies to study brain maturation in healthy, typically-developing infants, children, and adolescents and to correlate brain development with cognitive and behavioral development. The information obtained in this study is expected to provide essential data for understanding the course of normal brain development as a basis for understanding atypical brain development associated with a variety of developmental, neurological, and neuropsychiatric disorders affecting children and adults. This study enrolled over 500 children, ranging from infancy to young adulthood. The goal was to study each participant at least three times over the course of the project at one of six Pediatric Centers across the United States. Brain MR and clinical/behavioral data have been compiled and analyzed at a Data Coordinating Center and Clinical Coordinating Center. Additionally, MR spectroscopy and DTI data are being analyzed. The study was organized around two objectives corresponding to two age ranges at the time of enrollment, each with its own protocols. * Objective 1 enrolled children ages 4 years, 6 months through 18 years (total N = 433). This sample was recruited across the six Pediatric Study Centers using community based sampling to reflect the demographics of the United States in terms of income, race, and ethnicity. The subjects were studied with both imaging and clinical/behavioral measures at two year intervals for three time points. * Objective 2 enrolled newborns, infants, toddlers, and preschoolers from birth through 4 years, 5 months, who were studied three or more times at two Pediatric Study Centers at intervals ranging from three months for the youngest subjects to one year as the children approach the Objective 1 age range. Both imaging and clinical/behavioral measures were collected at each time point. Participant recruitment used community based sampling that included hospital venues (e.g., maternity wards and nurseries, satellite physician offices, and well-child clinics), community organizations (e.g., day-care centers, schools, and churches), and siblings of children participating in other research at the Pediatric Study Centers. At timepoint 1, of those enrolled, 114 children had T1 scans that passed quality control checks. Staged data release plan: The first data release included structural MR images and clinical/behavioral data from the first assessments, Visit 1, for Objective 1. A second data release included structural MRI and clinical/behavioral data from the second visit for Objective 1. A third data release included structural MRI data for both Objective 1 and 2 and all time points, as well as preliminary spectroscopy data. A fourth data release added cortical thickness, gyrification and cortical surface data. Yet to be released are longitudinally registered anatomic MRI data and diffusion tensor data. A collaborative effort among the participating centers and NIH resulted in age-appropriate MR protocols and clinical/behavioral batteries of instruments. A summary of this protocol is available as a Protocol release document. Details of the project, such as study design, rationale, recruitment, instrument battery, MRI acquisition details, and quality controls can be found in the study protocol. Also available are the MRI procedure manual and Clinical/Behavioral procedure manuals for Objective 1 and Objective 2.

Proper citation: NIH MRI Study of Normal Brain Development (RRID:SCR_003394) Copy   

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http://pdsp.med.unc.edu/pdsp.php

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on January 5, 2023. Database of information on the abilities of drugs to interact with an expanding number of molecular targets. It serves as a data warehouse for published and internally-derived Ki, or affinity, values for a large number of drugs and drug candidates at an expanding number of G-protein coupled receptors, ion channels, transporters and enzymes. The query interface is designed to let you search by any field, or combination of them to refine your search criteria. The flexible user interface also provides for customized data mining. The database is regularly updated. If you know of Ki data you would like to add, you can select Direct Ki Entry at the grey panel. If you would like, however, your own data (published or not) added, Send them a Reference at the grey panel, or send an email to Dr. Bryan Roth or Estela Lopez. Most common targets: 5-HT2A, DOPAMINE D1, DOPAMINE D2, 5-HT2C, 5-HT1A, Cholinergic, muscarinic M1, 5-HT Transporter, HISTAMINE H1, 5-HT2B, OPIOID Mu, 5-HT6, adrenergic Beta2, 5-HT7, OPIATE Delta, adrenergic Alpha1A, OPIOID Kappa, 5-HT3, m-AChR, adrenergic Beta1, adrenergic Alpha2A, 5-HT1, Acetylcholinesterase, AChE, Thromboxane A2, n-AChR, Opiate non-selective, CANNABINOID CB1, HERG, Dopamine, cocaine site, adrenergic Alpha2C, M3, Norepinephrine Uptake, Monoamine Oxidase A, Monoamine Oxidase B, 5-HT4, adrenergic Alpha1, 5-HT1E, B1 BRADYKININ, 5-HT2, 5-HT2C-INI, DOPAMINE D4, ANGIOTENSIN AT1, Neurokinin NK1, HISTAMINE H3, Sigma-1, VIP, Dopamine2-like, metabotropic glutamate 5, 5-HT2c VGI, Carbonic Anhydrase Isozymes, CA I, DOPAMINE D2 Long, adrenergic Alpha2, adrenergic Alpha2B, adrenergic Alpha2D, GABA A alpha1, CANNABINOID CB2, adrenergic Alpha1B, 5-HT5a, Melatonin, HISTAMINE H4, NMDA, 5-HT4a, Glucocorticoid, Interleukin 1-beta, Sodium Channel, Benzodiazepine central, Cholinergic, muscarinic M5, Neuropeptide Y1, GABA A alpha5, Galanin R2, Neurokinin NK3, 5-HT1B, M2, DOPAMINE D3, Angiotensin, Dopamine1-like, Neurokinin NK2, adrenergic Beta, Dopamine D1 high, Dopamine D1A, MAP kinase, ADENOSINE A2a, 5-HT7b, Nitrogen oxide synthase - neuronal, Sigma-2, CDK2, Neurotensin 2, DOPAMINE D2 Short, Multidrug Resistance Transporter MDR 1, GABA A Benzodiazepine, VEGF-R2, OPIATE Mu 2, Angiotensin II AT1, HISTAMINE H2, Angiotensin-converting enzyme, ACE, Sigma, beta-amyloid, ADENOSINE, ADENOSINE A2B, Adrenaline, Neurotensin 1

Proper citation: Psychoactive Drug Screening Program Ki Database (RRID:SCR_003281) Copy   

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http://pubbrain.org/

A literature search and visualization tool that allows end users to enter any PubMed query and see that query rendered as a heatmap illustrating which regions of interest are most commonly mentioned within the search results. To use PubBrain, simply enter any valid PubMed search in the search box.

Proper citation: PubBrain (RRID:SCR_005387) Copy   

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http://neuromorphometrics.com

Neuromorphometrics provides brain labeling and measurement services. Given raw MRI brain scans, we make precise quantitative measurements of the volume, shape, and location of specific neuroanatomical structures. Web tool for brain measurement services. Used for modeling living human brain and make quantitative measurements of volume, shape, and location of specific neuroanatomical structures using given MRI brain scans. Automated analyses are manually guided, inspected and certified by a neuroanatomical expert. Resource of neuroanatomically labeled MRI brain scans database. Resource for neuroanatomical localization and identification: NeuAtlas.

Proper citation: Neuromorphometrics (RRID:SCR_005656) Copy   

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http://www.nimh.nih.gov/trials/index.shtml

NIMH supports research studies on mental health and disorders. Participate, refer a patient or learn about results of studies in ClinicalTrials.gov, the NIH/National Library of Medicine''''s registry of federally and privately funded clinical trials for all disease. Find NIH-funded studies currently recruiting participants in the following mental health topics: * Anxiety Disorders ** Generalized Anxiety Disorder ** Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) ** Panic Disorder ** Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) ** Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder) * Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD, ADD) * Autism Spectrum Disorders (Pervasive Developmental Disorders) * Bipolar Disorder (Manic-Depressive Illness) * Borderline Personality Disorder * Depression * Eating Disorders * HIV/AIDS * Schizophrenia * Suicide Prevention Information Resources for NIMH Researchers Conducting Clinical Trials * Limited Access Datasets from NIMH-Supported Clinical Trials * NIMH Policy for Recruitment of Participants in Clinical Research * NIMH Policy on Data and Safety Monitoring in Extramural Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials * Register a study with ClinicalTrials.gov

Proper citation: NIMH Clinical Trials (RRID:SCR_005613) Copy   

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http://www.nimh.nih.gov/educational-resources/neuroscience-and-psychiatry/neuroscience-and-psychiatry-module-1-translating-neural-circuits-into-novel-therapeutics.shtml

This is the first in a series of modules on neuroscience and psychiatry. This module explores research on cognitive deficits, a core feature of schizophrenia and the single best predictor of functional outcomes in this disorder for which we currently have no treatments. This module is an example of how translational neuroscience can provide clues for the development of promising novel therapeutics.

Proper citation: Neuroscience and Psychiatry Module 1: Translating Neural Circuits into Novel Therapeutics (RRID:SCR_005609) Copy   

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http://infocenter.nimh.nih.gov/il/public_il/

Database of photographs and illustrations of general biomedical research and research tools, mental health specific research, and treatment related images that are available, copyright free, to the public at no cost. Many images are available in low, medium, and high resolutions. Formats include jpg, gif, and png. NIMH images may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NIMH or by an NIMH employee of a commercial product, service, or activity, or use in any other manner that might mislead. No fee is charged for using the images. However, credit must be given to the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services unless otherwise instructed to give credit to the photographer or other source., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

Proper citation: NIMH Image Library (RRID:SCR_005588) Copy   

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https://www.synapse.org/

Sage Bionetworks, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM), University of Pennsylvania (Penn), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited (TAKEDA) have launched a Public-Private Pre-Competitive Consortium, the CommonMind Consortium, to generate and analyze large-scale genomic data from human subjects with neuropsychiatric disease and to make this data and the associated analytical results broadly available to the public. This collaboration brings together disease area expertise, large scale and well curated brain sample collections, and data management and analysis expertise from the respective institutions. As many as 450 million people worldwide are believed to be living with a mental or behavioral disorder: schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are two of the top six leading causes of years lived with disability according to the World Health Organization. The burden on the individual as well as on society is significant with estimates for the health care costs for these individuals as high as four percent GNP. This highlights a grave need for new therapies to alleviate this suffering. Researchers from MSSM including Dr. Pamela Sklar, Dr. Joseph Buxbaum and Dr. Eric Schadt will join with Dr. Raquel Gur and Dr. Chang-Gyu Hahn from Penn to combine their extensive brain bank collections for the generation of whole genome scale RNA and DNA sequence data. Dr.Pamela Sklar, Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at MSSM commented this is an exciting opportunity for us to use the newest genomic methods to really expand our understanding of the molecular underpinnings of neuropsychiatric disease, while Dr Raquel Gur, Professor of Psychiatry from Penn observed this will be a great complement to some of the large-scale genetic analyses that have been carried out to date because it will give a more complete mechanistic picture. The CommonMind Consortium is committed to generating an open resource for the community and invites others with common goals to contact us at info (at) CommonMind.org.

Proper citation: CommonMind Consortium (RRID:SCR_000139) Copy   

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